Blog 5 New Norcia to Carnarvon
June 1st 2015 Next stop was New Norcia via Northam, Toodyay (pronounced Toojay) and Bindoon. New Norcia is described as a little bit of old Spain in the middle of the Australian bush. In 1847 a Benedictine Monk from Spain named Rosendo Salvado, who had come to Australia to be a missionary, was asked by the Bishop of Perth to start a Mission to support the Indigenous community of this area about 150km north east
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